Alkenylene bisisothiouronium compounds



Patented Mar. 20, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALKENYLENE BISISOTHIOURONIUM COMPOUNDS Le Roy W. Clemence, Highland Park, and Marlin H T. Lefl-ler, Lake Bluff, Ill., assignors to Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois 7 No Drawing. Application September 1'7, 1948,

Serial No. 49,854

10 Claims.

The present invention relates to substituted bis -isothiouronium compounds which areactive against certain parasitic and bacterial diseases. More specifically our invention relates to the bisisothiouronium compounds that are substituted with an unsaturated group.

.The compounds of our invention may be illustrated by the following formula:

wherein X is a halogen atom such as chlorine and bromine, and T is an unsaturated hydrocarbon such as unsaturated straight and branched aliphatic chains including substituted unsaturated chains. Examples of substituents are halogen, alkyl and alkoxy groups. The unsaturated aliphatic chains preferably contain 4 to 6 carbon atoms inclusive.

Generally, the compounds of our invention may be prepared by the reaction of 2 moles of thiourea with 1 mole of the dihalide of the desired unsaturated substituting group. In our invention we prefer to use the dibromide or the dichloride substituting unsaturated hydrocarbon The dihalide intermediate is generally 2 In more specific detail the following examples illustrate our invention:

Example I About 1 mole of 1,4-dich1oro-2-butene is dissolved in about 14 moles of absolute ethanol and filtered. About 2 moles of thiourea are dissolved in about 24 moles of absolute ethanol, filtered and added to the lA-dichloro-Z-butene ethanol solution and refluxed for about 2 hours. The reaction mixture is cooled and the crystals which have formed are filtered, washed with cold ethanol and dried. The 2-butene-1,4-bis -isothiouronium chloride that is formed has a melting point of 216217 C. with decomposition.

Example II About 0.2 mole of 1,4-dibromo-3-methyl-2- butene (obtained by brorninating isoprene) and 0.4 mole of thiourea are reacted according to the procedure of Example I to yield 3-methyl-2- butene-1,4-bis-isothiouronium bromide which has a melting point of 198-199 C. with decomposition.

Following the procedure of Example I, using the dibromide or dichloride unsaturated .T intermediate, the dihalide salt is as follows:

'r I M.P.

- 0 H2- 0 E C 0 H2- 2-butynel 4-bis-isothiouronium 3-isothioureido-2.lsothioureidomethyll-propene-dihydrochloride 3,4 bis-lsothioureido-l-butene- 1,4-bis-isothioureido-3-chloto-2-butene 1,4bis-is0thipureido-4-methyl-2-butene 1s2-1s3 o. with decomposition.

dlhydrochloride 137-140" C. with decomposition. I

-CHo'-CH 202-204 O. with decomposition.

dihydrochloride 204-205 O. with decomposition.

dihydrobromide 210-211 C. with decomposition.

dihydrobromide T M. P.

6. CHgCHz-CH=CHCHz-CHz- 173174 C. with decomposition.

3-hexenel,6-bis-isothiouronium dihydtobromide (The intermediate is formed by reducing B-hydromuconic acid to form 3-hexene- 1,6-dio1 which is brominated to form the dibromo intermediate.)

2,4-hexadiyne-1,6-bis-isothiouronium dihydrobromide 2,4-hoxadiene-1,6-bis-isothiouronium dihydrobromide 3-hexyne-1,6 bis-isothiouronium dihydrobromide 65-67" C. with decomposition.

lee-200 C.-with' decomposition.

145-148 C. withdecomposition.

The above compounds as stated above are prepared by following the procedure of Example I. The products 1,4-bis-isothioureido-4-methyl- 2-butene dihydrobromide and 3-hexene-l,6-bisisothiouronium dihydrobromide, for example, are prepared by refluxing one mole of 4-methyl-2- butene-l,4-dibromide and one mole of 3-hexene- 1,6-dibromide, respectively, with two moles of thiourea in absolute ethanol in accordance with the procedure of Example I.

As at present advised with respect to the apparent scope of our invention, we desire to claim the following subject matter.

We claim:

'1. Compound of the formula:

wherein X is a halogen atom and T is an unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing4-6 carbon atoms.

2.1,4 bis isothioureido 2 butene dihydrochloride.

3. 3 isothioureido 2 isothioureidomethyll-propenedihydrobromide.

4. 1,4 bis isothioureido 4 methyl 2 butene dihydrobromide.

5. 3 hexene 1,6 bis isothiouronium dihydrobromide.

6. 2,4 hexadiene 1,6 bis isothiouronium dihydrobromide.

'7. A process for producing the compounds of claim 1 consisting of refluxing 1 mole of the dihalide of T with 2 moles of thiourea in an anhydrousorganio solvent.

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